Image source: Getty Images The US stock market’s been a fairly strong performer so far in 2025, delivering an 11% total return since the start of January when looking at the S&P 500. But while double-digit gains are always worth celebrating, many institutional investors are now warning of an incoming market correction. The chief analysts…
Image source: Getty Images In 2022, I bought a stock called Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE), which had some strong growth prospects. Since then, the share price is up 328%, but the story hasn’t been a happy one. Unfortunately for me, I sold my shares a year after buying them, banking a 20% return and feeling pretty…
Image source: The Motley Fool When it comes to investing, few people have come close to generating the consistently market-beating returns of Warren Buffett. While it hasn’t been a winner every year, the shares of his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) have produced a 19.9% annualised return since 1965 versus the S&P 500’s 10.4%. That…
Image source: Getty Images Recently, there’s been quite a bit of talk about an artificial intelligence-related ‘AI bubble’ in the stock market. A bubble is where the price of an asset, or group of assets, rises rapidly and ends up well above its fundamental value. Is this an issue that investors should be concerned about?…
Image source: Getty Images Institutional investors don’t always bet on UK shares going up. Right now, there are a lot of active short positions betting against both large and small-cap companies on the London Stock Exchange. And right now, the three most heavily shorted stocks in the UK are Ashtead Technology (LSE:AT.), J Sainsbury (LSE:SBRY),…
Image source: Rolls-Royce plc The last 12 months have been exceptional for the Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR.) share price. The engineering stock has more than doubled since September 2024 as management continues to execute its turnaround strategy. But with so much growth now under its belt, could the stock continue to climb from here? What’s on the…
Image source: Getty Images Since September 2024, the AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN) share price has lagged behind that of the FTSE 100. While the index has risen 10% and set a series of new highs, the stock market valuation of Britain’s most valuable company has fallen 11%. A possible breakthrough But on Saturday (30 August), news emerged…
Image source: The Motley Fool August is often thought of as a quiet time in the stock market. That has not been obvious this month, with both the FTSE 100 and US S&P 500 indices hitting new all-time highs. That has put me in mind of some famous words of billionaire investor Warren Buffett. As…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 has stormed to over 9,000 points, and some of us must be wondering if it’s time to sell UK shares. It could could bag us a five-year gain of close to 75%, including dividends. But what counts is valuation. What about Lloyds Banking Group? That’s up more than…
Image source: Getty Images Over the last year or so, Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) CEO Alex Karp has developed an Elon Musk-like cult following. It’s easy to see why – Karp is very optimistic about his company’s prospects and he’s not afraid to engage in a bit of trash talk. Now, over the long term, Musk’s…